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UNC ranked No. 7, Duke at No. 9 and NC State finishes 10th in final AP Top 25 of season

The final AP Top 25 Poll of the 2023-24 season had all three Triangle teams -- UNC, Duke and NC State -- ranked in the top 10.

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Mark Bergin
, WRAL senior multiplatform producer

North Carolina finished highest among the Triangle teams in the final AP Top 25 of the 2023-24 season.

The Tar Heels (29-8) finished No. 7 in the country while Duke (27-9) was ranked No. 9.

NC State (26-15) finished ranked No. 10 despite beating Duke in the Elite Eight on the way to its first Final Four since 1983.

National champion UConn finished first overall followed by Purdue at No. 2.

Houston and Alabama were tied for No. 3. Tennessee was ranked fifth overall.

Illinois was ranked No. 6 and Iowa State was ranked No. 8.

Here's at look at teams ranked 11th-25th:

11. Marquette

12. Arizona

13. Creighton

14. Clemson

15. Gonzaga

16. Baylor

17. San Diego State

18. Auburn

19. Kansas

20. Kentucky

21. Saint Mary's

22. Utah State

23. Washington State

24. Dayton

25. South Carolina

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